[:en]Thoughts from Genesis 15[:]

[:en]God’s Covenant with Abram:

  1.  “Do not be afraid, Abram.  I am your shield, your very great reward” (v. 1)
  2. “This man will not be your heir, but a son coming from your own body will be your heir” (v. 4)
  3. “Look up at the heavens and count the stars – if indeed you can count them.  So shall your offspring be” (v. 5)
  4. “I am the Lord, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to take possession of it” (v. 7)
  5. “You will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a good old age” (v. 15)
  6. “To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates –  the land of the Kennites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittles, Perizzites, Rephaites, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusties” (vs. 18-21)

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